Robert K. Fleck

Robert K. Fleck is a professor of economics at Clemson University and a 2016 Lone Mountain Fellow at PERC. His research combines theoretical and statistical analysis, and his major fields of interest include political economy, public finance, economic history, and development economics.

Environmentalists, politicians, and scholars express concern about a "race to the bottom" in environmental policy. Yet economic theory indicates that a race to the bottom in environmental policy is highly unlikely, and there is little evidence that such races have, in fact, occurred.